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Earthquakes near Turner, OR

No earthquake was likely felt in Turner in the 24 hours to 1:14 am PST (09:14 UTC). The last one was M 3.2, 30 km (19 mi) NNW, at 7:58 am PST on 23 November 2025, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 228 felt reports to USGS.

M 3.1

Latest: 8:45 pm PDT on 14 April 2018 · 19 km (12 mi) NE of Turner, OR

The most recent earthquake of M2.5 or more near Turner was M 3.1, 19 km (12 mi) NE of Turner, OR, at 8:45 pm PDT on 14 April 2018, 18 km deep. 240 people reported feeling it to USGS. The estimated shaking in Turner was intensity II (weak), felt by some people at rest indoors. 59 smaller earthquakes have been recorded near Turner since; the newest is first in the list below.

No earthquake of M1.5 or more was recorded within 30 km (19 mi) of Turner in the last 24 hours.

Last 24 hours
0
Last 7 days
0
Last 30 days
1 · since 2016, about one every 2 months
Last 12 months
5 · largest M 1.8 on 14 August 2026
Since 2016
78 earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km
Largest since 2016
M 3.1 on 14 April 2018, 19 km (12 mi) NE of Turner, OR
Reported felt
12 of them have felt reports to USGS
Nearest mapped fault
Mount Angel fault, 27 km from its surface trace

USGS · feed checked · newest earthquake in our database · this page · counts are earthquakes of M1.5 or more within 30 km (19 mi) of the town centre; shaking is estimated for the town centre with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses

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The last 30 days

Oct 15 Oct 30 Nov 13
Each mark is a day's largest quake within range; its size is the magnitude. Too few days here have any earthquake at all to draw a normal range.

The latest 50

  1. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) NE of Turner, OR
  2. 1.6 26 km (16 mi) NNE of Turner, OR
  3. 1.8 28 km (17 mi) SSE of Turner, OR
  4. 1.6 28 km (17 mi) SSE of Turner, OR
  5. 1.7 30 km (18 mi) NNW of Turner, OR
  6. 1.6 28 km (17 mi) NE of Turner, OR
  7. 1.8 23 km (14 mi) ESE of Turner, OR
  8. 1.5 28 km (17 mi) NE of Turner, OR
  9. 1.7 22 km (14 mi) ESE of Turner, OR · felt by 1
  10. 2.1 16 km (10 mi) SSW of Turner, OR
  11. 1.7 22 km (14 mi) ESE of Turner, OR
  12. 1.7 24 km (15 mi) ENE of Turner, OR
  13. 1.5 28 km (17 mi) NE of Turner, OR
  14. 2.1 30 km (19 mi) ENE of Turner, OR · felt by 2
  15. 1.7 in Turner, OR · felt by 2
  16. 1.6 in Turner, OR
  17. 1.7 27 km (17 mi) NNW of Turner, OR
  18. 1.8 26 km (16 mi) NNW of Turner, OR · felt by 1
  19. 1.7 28 km (18 mi) NE of Turner, OR
  20. 1.5 22 km (14 mi) ESE of Turner, OR
  21. 1.9 25 km (15 mi) NE of Turner, OR
  22. 1.6 29 km (18 mi) WSW of Turner, OR
  23. 2.1 24 km (15 mi) ESE of Turner, OR
  24. 2.0 18 km (11 mi) SSW of Turner, OR · felt by 2
  25. 1.6 27 km (17 mi) NE of Turner, OR
  26. 1.8 23 km (14 mi) ESE of Turner, OR
  27. 1.8 24 km (15 mi) ESE of Turner, OR
  28. 1.8 23 km (14 mi) ESE of Turner, OR
  29. 2.0 24 km (15 mi) ESE of Turner, OR
  30. 1.7 24 km (15 mi) NE of Turner, OR
  31. 1.7 28 km (17 mi) NNW of Turner, OR
  32. 1.7 28 km (17 mi) NE of Turner, OR · felt by 1
  33. 1.9 28 km (17 mi) NE of Turner, OR
  34. 2.0 23 km (14 mi) ESE of Turner, OR
  35. 1.6 30 km (19 mi) SSE of Turner, OR
  36. 1.9 23 km (15 mi) NE of Turner, OR
  37. 1.7 28 km (18 mi) NE of Turner, OR
  38. 1.5 27 km (17 mi) WSW of Turner, OR
  39. 2.8 24 km (15 mi) ESE of Turner, OR
  40. 1.7 28 km (17 mi) NE of Turner, OR
  41. 1.7 28 km (17 mi) NE of Turner, OR
  42. 1.8 26 km (16 mi) SSE of Turner, OR
  43. 1.8 26 km (16 mi) NE of Turner, OR
  44. 2.2 24 km (15 mi) ESE of Turner, OR
  45. 1.9 22 km (14 mi) NE of Turner, OR
  46. 1.6 28 km (17 mi) WSW of Turner, OR
  47. 2.0 24 km (15 mi) ESE of Turner, OR · felt by 3
  48. 1.7 28 km (18 mi) SSE of Turner, OR
  49. 1.7 27 km (17 mi) NE of Turner, OR · felt by 2
  50. 1.6 27 km (17 mi) NNW of Turner, OR

From the QuakeIndex database, which reads the USGS feed every 30 seconds and holds the USGS catalogue for the US from 2016 (M1.5+). Times are Turner time. Distances are from the town centre. Quakes USGS named after Turner are listed even when they are further out.

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On the map

The white circle is Turner; dots are the 50 most recent earthquakes within 30 km. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Estimated shaking in Turner

The strongest shaking in Turner from a quake since 2016 is estimated at intensity II (weak), from the M 1.7 on 12 July 2024, 1 km away. Intensity II and III are felt by some people at rest indoors; IV by most people indoors; V and above wakes sleepers and moves objects.

MagnitudeWhenDistanceShaking in Turner (est.)
M 1.7 1 kmII · Weak · felt by 2
M 1.6 2 kmII · Weak
M 1.6 4 kmII · Weak
M 3.1 19 kmII · Weak · felt by 240
M 2.8 24 kmII · Weak

An estimate for the town centre from magnitude, depth and distance, with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses (Atkinson & Wald, 2007), on the Modified Mercalli scale. All 5 reach intensity II or more in town, where people at rest start to notice. Ground conditions change it street by street. It describes the past, not a hazard.

Before 2016

The USGS record since 1900 lists one earthquake of M5 or more within 50 km of Turner:

  1. 5.6 4 km E of Scotts Mills, Oregon · 35 km NE of Turner

USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900 to 2015. This is the record, not a forecast.

Nearest mapped faults

USGS Quaternary Fault and Fold Database. Near is not the same as on.

Be ready

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